Richard Dehmel, a Prussian-born poet and playwright, became a cult figure whose erotic brand of symbolism attracted composers like Schoenberg and Zemlinsky.
Composition History
Arnold Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht was rejected by a conservative panel two years after they admired his D major string quartet, due to its perceived repudiation of harmonic rules.
Composer Biography
Alma Mahler, a composition pupil of Alexander Zemlinsky and Josef Labor (Schoenberg's teacher), was forced to forsake her musical ambitions by Gustav Mahler upon their marriage.
Interpretation
The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective arranged four of Alma Mahler's songs for string sextet to highlight their kinship with Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht and Zemlinsky's 'Die Magd'.
Compositional Technique
Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht, an 1899 composition, aims to sketch nature and express human emotions rather than offer a literal account of Richard Dehmel's poem.
Performer Biography
The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, co-founded by Tom Poster and Elena Urioste, was appointed Associate Ensemble at Wigmore Hall in 2020 and broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 3.
Recording & Production
This Chandos recording uses 24-bit / 96 kHz technology, which offers a dynamic range up to 48 dB greater and 256 times the resolution of standard 16-bit recordings.
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